SONACOMS Q3 FY25 earnings call.
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Revenue
₹868 Cr
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Revenue YoY
12%
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EBITDA
₹240 Cr
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Sona Comstar reported Q3 FY25 results with revenue of INR 868 crores (+12% YoY) and EBITDA of INR 240 crores (+3% YoY), with margins contracting by 230 bps due to adverse product and geographic mix. PAT adjusted for exceptional expenses grew 17% to INR 160 crores. The quarter faced multiple headwinds: weak European demand, declining U.S. off-highway and Indian commercial vehicle markets, North American inventory destocking, and a major customer model transition affecting January-February supplies. However, BEV revenue reached an all-time high of INR 329 crores (+48% YoY), comprising 39% of total revenue. The company invested $4 million in ClearMotion for a 1.6% stake, gaining exposure to active suspension technology with a $14 billion TAM. Net order book stands at INR 232 billion with 76% EV content. The board approved India's first EVTOL gearbox program and commercialized zone monitoring sensors. Key risks include near-term Q4 weakness from the model transition, declining CV exposure, and European market softness. Long-term growth trajectory remains intact with doubled revenue target over three-year periods, though execution in China and tariff-related uncertainties warrant monitoring.
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Guidance to track
- Major customer is transitioning a key model to upgraded version. This will adversely affect supplies in January and February. The company expects supply schedules to normalize by March, meaning Q4 will likely be weak in first two months.
- The lost revenues from January and February disruption are expected to be regained within the next two quarters through accelerated production schedules of the new model.
- Advanced suspension motors started serial production (0.2% of 9M revenue) with ClearMotion technology. With $14 billion TAM and being major BOM contributor, management expects this to be one of leading revenue contributors in three years.
- Strategic shift from West-only focus to include East (China, Japan, Korea). Company is exploring ways to overcome 8-10% import duty barrier and gain market share with Chinese EV OEMs. Approach includes establishing local familiarity that can travel with Chinese OEMs globally.
Risks flagged
- One of the largest customers is transitioning a major model, causing production to go to near-zero for approximately 45 days. This will impact Q4 FY25 revenue significantly in January-February before recovery in March.
- European legacy OEMs are struggling to compete with Chinese EV pricing and features. While company has minimal exposure to European EVs in China, there is concern about European OEMs losing share in Europe itself, potentially affecting order book.
- CV market in India continues to show weakness, causing revenue share to decline from 14% to 10% in first nine months. Given significant market share in this segment, differential gears and assemblies sales have been negatively impacted.
- Potential reciprocating tariffs on auto components from Mexico, China, and India could impact margins. Management believes risk is overstated as duty differential is only 5-10% and U.S. auto industry cannot easily source domestically. Mexico plant sales are Mexico-to-Mexico with no customs duty impact.
Key quotes
- If we are not losing share of wallet with our customers and our customers are not losing market share, there is absolutely no reason to worry. In fact, it is an opportunity for improving product design or increasing our share of wallet with that customer.
- It is a matter of great pride, and I congratulate Vikram and his team that our global market share in differential gears has grown from 8.1% last year to 8.8% now. Despite most automotive volume growth coming out of China, where we have negligible share, and several new competitors have emerged from India and China, despite all this, we have nearly doubled our market share in these five years.
- The only thing I can share is, of course, we would like to be electric first as we are in every other market. In China, it makes sense. If you look at even our past strategy, we shut down our starter motor line one and a half years ago in China to focus only on suspension motors because we realized that that market to have an ICE product makes no sense.
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